founded as Lutheran Bible
Institute; later, Luther College of the Bible and Liberal Arts

http://www.mheso.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=1190

Herzing
College - Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minnesota

2000

formed following acquisition of
Minneapolis Drafting School (est. 1961); later acquired Lakeland Medical
Dental Academy in May 2002, now Lakeland School of Healthcare; name change to
Herzig University in March 2009

merged with Northeast Metro
Technical College in 1996 to become Century Community and Technical College

Lutheran
Normal School

Madison

Minnesota

1918

merged with Augustana College
that had operated in Canton, South Dakota from 1884 until 1918 when it
relocated in Sioux Falls

http://www.augie.edu/info/profile.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.

Minneapolis
Workers College

Minneapolis

Minnesota

http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/text/co22txt.txt

Minnesota
Bible College

Minneapolis

Minnesota

1913

Christian Church/ Church of Christ

Founded by Scandinavian
Christian Unity Missionary Society.Opened as International Christian Missionary Bible in College. In 1924
it became Minneapolis Bible College, in 1932 Minnesota Bible University, in
1942 Minnesota Bible College, and in 2002 Crossroads College. In 1971
the college moved from Minneapolis to its present location in Rochester, MN
to begin its 59th year on a new 38 acre campus.

first college west of the
Mississippi for training missionaries to reach the native Amercan tribes;
during the Civil War the institution closed as the entire student body
enlisted in the Union army; attempts to revive school in the 1870's failed
until George Pillsbury donated land and money for buildings in Owatonna, MN.;
see entry for Pillsbury Bible College

NASM accredited; name changed to
McNally Smith College of Music January 1, 2005

http://www.mcnallysmith.edu/

North
Star College

Warren

Minnesota

1908

1936

Augustana Synod Evangelical
Lutheran Church

absorbed the Warren Business
College which operated previously; opened with enrollment of 8 students and
peaked in 1921 with 253 students; presidents included O.E. Abrahamson
(1908-1915), C.E. Sjostrand (1915-1923), and Albin A. Larson (1923-1936)

Larson, J. Edor.History of the Red
River Valley Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church.1953.

Northern
College of Osteopathy

Minneapolis

Minnesota

1896

1902

founded as Northern Institute of
Osteopathy; name was changed to Northern College of Osteopathy; merged with
Dr S.S. Still College of Osteopathy

http://history.aoa-net.org/Education/collegehist.htm

Northfield
College

Northfield

Minnesota

1866

Congregational Church

now Carleton College after 1872

Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.

Northwest
Free Baptist College

Winnebago

Minnesota

1888

1891

Baptist

name change to Parker College in
1891; records acquired by Sioux Falls University

http://209.18.167.5/district/hist-school.html
www.thecoo.edu

Northwestern
Christian College

Excelsior

Minnesota

1891

1896

Disciples of Christ

started in building that had
previously operated beginning in 1857 as Excelsior Institute and after 1872,
as Excelsior Academy.Frank Marshall
teacher and vice-president, later served as Dean of the Bible College at
Phillips University in Oklahoma; Dan Morehouse who was a student and
instructor later served as president of Drake University in Iowa; closed
after a fire

Larson, J. Edor.History of the Red
River Valley Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church.1953.

Park
Region Luther College

Fergus Falls

Minnesota

1899

1917

Norwegian Synod, Lutheran

academy established in 1882,
developed a collegiate program and awarded first bachelor's degrees in 1912;
merged with Concordia College, Moorhead, MN; collegiate program moved to
Concordia and Concordia's normal, parochial and special English courses moved
to Park River

successor of Northwestern Free
Baptist College; name change to Parker College after 1891; supported by
Methodist Church after 1911; Cummins gives date of founding as 1911 and lists
as a Disciples college

Opened as the Minnesota Academy;
name changed to Pillsbury Academy in 1886 in honor of donor, George A.
Pillsbury, member of the First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, and onetime
mayor.Eight buildings were erected
between 1886-1914. The school flourished as a coeducational academy until it
was made a boys' military school in 1920.

In the 1950's ownership by the Minnesota Baptist Convention was challenged
and on December 23, 1955, the Minnesota Supreme Court declared the Minnesota
Baptist Convention the sole member of the Corporation of Pillsbury Academy,
with the Minnesota Baptist Convention holding exclusive rights to the
Academy.

Under the leadership of Dr. Richard V. Clearwaters pastor of the Fourth
Baptist Church of Minneapolis, president of Central Baptist Theological
Seminary, and chairman of the Academy Board of Trustees the school became
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in 1957. Dr. Clearwaters was elected the
first president. Dr. Monroe Parker was chosen as the first resident president
of the new school and began his presidency in February 1958. Succeeding
presidents have included: Dr. B. Myron Cedarholm, Dr. Joseph Rammel, Dr. Alan
Potter, Dr. Gerald Carlson, and President Robert Crane, who assumed
Pillsbury's presidency in May 1996.

The institution's Board of Trustees decided to close academic programs in
December, 2008.

http://www.pillsbury.edu/

academic records are maintained at Marantha Baptist Bible College
http://www.mbbc.edu/

Red Wing
Seminary

Red Wing

Minnesota

1879

1917

Hauge Synod, Norwegian American
Lutheran

merged with Luther Seminary and
United Church Seminary, both in St. Paul, MN